《指环王：电影原声大碟全集套装》全盘把握巨作音乐创作和监制的国际级电影音乐大师霍华德·休尔，在凭借《指环王》首部曲《友谊之戒》，拿下2002年奥斯卡最佳电影原著音乐大奖，2003年格莱美最佳电影配乐大奖，《指环王》二部曲《双塔奇兵》荣获2004年格莱美最佳电影配乐大奖之后，再次征服奥斯卡数千评委，以其深沉撞击视听情绪的壮丽乐章，铺开指环的冒险诗篇。
继在《指环王》首部曲《友谊之戒》中，邀请音乐精灵恩雅配唱主题歌之后，这次在《指环王》系列大结局《王者归来》中，霍华德·休尔特别邀请出全英音乐奖特别成就奖“公告牌世纪奖”双料得主，爱尔兰流行音乐女皇安妮·莱诺克斯（Annie Lennox）献唱凄美动人的片尾主题曲《西行漫记》（Into The West），而如同恩雅凭借《指环王》首部曲《友谊之戒》主题歌《祝愿》（May It Be），拿下奥斯卡最佳电影歌曲一样， 2004年的最佳电影歌曲，也是非《西行漫记》不可。
本专辑中，霍华德·休尔同时力邀爱尔兰长笛大师：詹姆斯高威爵士（Sir James Galway）与著名女高音芮妮·芙莱明（Renee Fleming）分别为乐曲营造意境美感，升华雄伟性灵，影片中饰演亚拉冈的维果摩顿森（Viggo Mortensen）也在本原声专辑中献声。
从满怀壮志的英雄情怀，到力拔山河的对战气势，霍华德·休尔透过繁复的音乐配器，融合古典交响乐、圣乐唱诗、挽歌、军乐进行曲、世界音乐、电子乐、新世纪音乐等不同类型曲式的创作精神，完美雕琢出这段流露悲壮、荣耀、奇幻、神圣光芒的冒险传奇。
CD1
01 The Prophecy
02 Concerning Hobbits
03 The Shadow Of The Past
04 the Treason Of Isengard
05 The Black Rider
06 At The Sign Of The Prancing Pone
07 A Knife In The Dark
08 Flight To The Ford
09 Many Meetings
10 The Council Of Elrond featuring"Aniron(Theme For Aragorn And Arwen)"Composed & performed by Enya
11 The Ring Goes South
12 A Journey In The Dark
13 The Bridge Of Khazad Dum
14 Lothlorien
15 The Great River
16 Amon Hen
17 The Breaking Of The Fellowship
18 May It Be Composed & performed by Enya
CD2
01 Forndations Of Stone
02 The Taming Of Sméagol
03 The Riders Of Rohan
04 The Passage Of The Marshes
05 The Uruk-hai
06 The King Of The Golden Hall
07 The Black Gate Is Closed
08 Evenstar featuring Isabei Bayrakdarian
09 The White Rider
10 Treebeard
11 The Leave Taking
12 Helm's Deep
13 The Forbidden Pool
14 Breath Of Life featuring Sheila Chandra
15 The Hornburg
16 Forth Eorlingas Ben Del Maestro
17 Isengard Unleashed Elizabeth Fraser & Ben Del Maestro
18 Samwise The Brave
19 Gollum's Song performed by Emiliana Torrini
CD3
01 A Storm Is Coming
02 Hope And Memory
03 Minas Tirith (Ben del Maestro)
04 The White Tree
05 The Steward Of Gondor (Billy Boyd)
06 Minas Morgul
07 The Ride Of The Rohirrim
08 Twilight And Shadow (Renée Fleming)
09 Cirith Ungol
10 Anduril
11 Shelob's Lair
12 Ash And Smoke
13 The Fields Of The Pelennor
14 Hope Fails
15 The Black Gate Opens (Sir James Galway)
16 The End Of All Things (Renée Fleming)
17 The Return Of The King (Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen,Renée Fleming)
18 The Grey Havens (James Galway)
19 Into The West (Annie Lennox)
